أَفديهما أَخوين كُلٌ مِنهُما

غرٌ يَظن وَلوع قَلبي فيهِ

I ransom them both, two brothers, each of whom

Is ignorant and imagines the agony in my heart is for him

هَذا يُجرعهُ مرارة هَجرِهِ

طَوراً وَذا عَذب اللَما يَسقيهِ

This one makes him drink the bitterness of his estrangement

For a time, while the other gives him the sweetness of union

لَم يَدرِ ما بِي العاذِلون لِأَنَّني

أَشكو الأَخ الجافي لعذل أَخيهِ

They know not what ails me, those who blame me, for

I complain of the unkind brother to the kind brother